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> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:40 -0700
> From: Tim Reeves <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 124, Issue 124
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> > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:20:32 -0700
> > From: Sarah k Alawami <address@hidden>
> > To: lilly pond discuss discuss <address@hidden>
> > Subject: articulation simbols
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> > Hello to all. I was tryign to look up accents and staccato marks
in
> > lily pond. I found a lit of articulations but it just shows the
> > image of music and the manual at least as far as I can tell does
not
> > explain what % and - and + mean etc etc etc.
> >
> > I thin I remember how to do it but is there text I can write?
I
> > tried accent and staccato, but that failed with a bang. i put
> > comments on where these things should be for my own benefit so
I
> > can add them before the project is due, and just wrote the notes
> > down for now.
> >
> > any thoughts on how I should go about doing this?
> >
> > Thanks and be blessed.
> >
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> + is not really an articulation, it is the symbol for a stopped note.
OK,
> Lilypond calls it an articulation. I don't (I'm a horn player, but
so is
> Han-Wen who I'm sure put it in originally, so go figure!)
>
> % is not an articulation, it is the symbol for a comment (in the lilypond
> code).
>
> - combines with other symbols to make articulations: . (staccato)
<
> (accent) - (tenuto) etc.
> It is quicker to type than \staccato etc.
>
> Example:
> d4-> f-> g-> a
> g8-. e-. c-. g-.
> c4-- e-- d-^ f-^
Sorry for messing up the thread subject. One of the
drawbacks of getting the emails in digest format is you have to change
the subject when you reply.